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general internet news - 4 August
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my: Where on the Net are your kids?
The Internet was introduced in Malaysia 13 years ago.
Since then, much has been written about its rapid
development from a business and technical perspective.
However, not much has been said about the social
impact of the Internet, in particular, the negative
content that proliferates through it. EDWIN YAPP takes
a look at its impact on children in this first of a
two-part series.
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2005/8/2/itfeature/11618860&sec=itfeature
my: Govt to meet ISPs, MSPs on porn issue
The Government will get together with local mobile
service providers (MSPs) and Internet service
providers (ISPs) soon to address the growing concern
that children and youths can have access to
pornographic and other inappropriate websites via
their cellphones.
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2005/8/3/technology/11677221&sec=technology
us: You Wanna Take This Online?
Cyberspace is the 21st century bully's playground
where girls play rougher than boys
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1088698,00.html
us: Libraries Struggle To Keep Porn Off Computers
An irate mother in Maryland claims that her teenage
daughter was exposed to Internet pornography at a
Baltimore County library, Baltimore television station
WBAL reported.
http://www.thelouisvillechannel.com/family/4779597/detail.html
us: FBI Flight Plans Hit Turbulence
An FBI proposal to shoehorn a sweeping and
sophisticated internet wiretapping capability into
emerging in-flight broadband services would be
illegal, unconstitutional and costly to implement, a
civil liberties group is arguing.
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,68407,00.html
cn: Cyber-dissident Zhang Lin gets five years in
prison
Judges in the central city of Benghu have found
cyber-dissident Zhang Lin guilty of "subversion" and
sentenced him to five years in prison because he
posted articles and the words of a punk song on the
Internet. Zhang is devastated by the severity of the
sentence and intends to appeal. Reporters Without
Borders calls for his release.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=14586
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/03/china_internet/
Chinesischer Internet-Dissident zu fünf Jahren Haft
verurteilt
http://derstandard.at/?id=2132690
http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=271776&tmp=44698
eu: Private signs XXX mobile content deal
Private Media Group - the Barcelona-based adult
entertainment outfit - plans to offer smut to more
than 220m mobile users across Europe.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/02/private_mobile/
uk: Website pulls anti-Brunel adverts
Google has removed two adverts taken out by the
Association of University Teachers as part of its
campaign against Brunel University.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1541105,00.html
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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eu: EU reveals phone and email snooping plans
A draft of the European Directive on data retention
has been leaked, revealing that Brussels will be
asking for all communications records to be held for a
minimum of six months.
http://hardware.silicon.com/storage/0,39024649,39150940,00.htm
ca: SCC orders new trial in email 'recipes' case
In what could become a precedent-setting case, the
Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a not-guilty ruling
in the case of an Alberta man who distributed bomb and
burglary instructions over the Internet.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1122656301587_118065501
http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/csc-scc/en/rec/html/2005scc047.wpd.html
Net criminals 'customise' attacks
Spam makes way for more targeted attacks on specific
organisations, says an IBM study.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4739709.stm
us/Asia: Cyber-terrorists copying hackers: US (reg
req'd)
Cyber-terrorists are attempting to penetrate
government networks using the same methods as hackers
and many nations are vulnerable to the threat, a US
State Department official claims.
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/cyberterrorists-copying-hackers-us/2005/08/03/1122748669953.html
us: Pornographers cry foul over new law
Dave Cummings, who describes himself as the world's
oldest active heterosexual male porn star, watched
from a front-row seat in federal court Tuesday as
lawyers battled over a law aimed at curtailing child
pornography.
http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3974200,00.html
au: Crushing the Web's dark forces
Keeping clandestine forces at bay is no mean feat. In
this special report, ZDNet Australia showcases five
leading security experts who pursue cyber criminals
for a living. Our third profile is Jo Stewart-Rattray,
an information security director and former CIO.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Crushing_the_Web_s_dark_forces/0,2000061744,39204325,00.htm
uk: Cybercriminals up ante with phishing and darkmail
As phishing attacks rise by 45 per cent, security
experts worry about the rise in speculative and
dangerous darkmail messages
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39211676,00.htm
us: On blogs, libel law not so cut and dried
Posting a listener's e-mail on his Weblog, then
writing an essay about it, turned out to be bad news
for radio talk show host Charlie Sykes.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jul05/345025.asp
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us: Senators seek Web porn tax
A new federal proposal that would levy stiff taxes on
Internet pornographers violates constitutional
guarantees of freedom of expression, legal scholars
say.
http://news.com.com/Senators+seek+Web+porn+tax/2100-1030_3-5814309.html
us: Taxing Internet Porn
I'm no free-market libertarian. You'll never hear me
argue against a healthy dose of regulation if it helps
consumers without stopping businesses from turning a
profit.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/01/AR2005080100421.html
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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One blog created 'every second'
The blogosphere is growing steadily, with a blog
created every second, according to blog trackers
Technorati.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4737671.stm
Mobile downloads to overtake the net
The mobile phone could overtake the internet as the
most popular medium for music downloads before the
year is out, the global record industry lobby group
has predicted.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1541492,00.html
eu: Europa überholt USA bei Breitband
Das rasante Wachstum soll Europa noch heuer zum
zweitgrößten Breitbandmarkt hinter Asien aufrücken
lassen.
http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=271677&tmp=83917
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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P2P group tests new weapon
INTERNET rebels have begun preliminary testing of a
new weapon that threatens to scuttle efforts to stop
illicit online music swapping.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16138088%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
uk: British music industry targets five file-sharers
The BPI yesterday filed suit against three men and two
women who between them made 8,906 songs available for
download on-line without permission. It is the first
time the trade association has lodged formal court
proceedings against file-sharers.
http://out-law.com/page-5967
us: Senator Threatens Crackdown on File-Sharing
Industry
The head of the Senate Commerce Committee warned
online file-sharing companies this week that if they
do not crack down on piracy and pornography available
via their networks, Congress will force them to act.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/29/AR2005072901794.html
us: American film sharers face prison sentences
In what it is billing as an epic tale of good versus
evil, Hollywood has launched a fresh round of legal
cases against internet pirates
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1717627,00.html
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=9231226
New File-Sharing Techniques Are Likely to Test Court
Decision (reg req'd, free for short period)
Briefly buoyed by their Supreme Court victory on file
sharing, Hollywood and the recording industry are on
the verge of confronting more technically
sophisticated opponents.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/01/technology/01file.html
http://iht.com/articles/2005/08/01/business/share.php
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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us: Reporter Charged in Internet Sex Sting
A newspaper reporter has been charged with trying to
arrange a sexual encounter via the Internet with an
undercover police officer posing as a 13-year-old
girl.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/632/08-02-2005/bea90007d832ac2c.html
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1122992909055
us: Sex-photos case grows
Photos allegedly stored on an Orem man's cell phone
initially led to criminal charges against him of
sexually abusing young girls. Now, those photos are
the basis of federal charges of creating child
pornography.
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600153057,00.html
us: Griswold man sentenced for child pornography
A Griswold man was sentenced to five years in prison
Tuesday on charges stemming from his 2002 arrest for
child pornography.
http://norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050803/NEWS01/508030327/
us: Police in North Attleboro arrest a man on child
pornography
Police in North Attleboro make a child pornography
bust. It happened at a home on Longview Drive. Police
tell us they arrested Arthur Spencer junior after
finding child porn on his home computer. North
Attleboro Police and the Bristol County District
Attorney are still investigating.
http://www.wpri.com/Global/story.asp?S=3674566
us: Judge denies New Iberia man's request for new
attorney in child-porn case
A magistrate judge on Tuesday denied a request from a
New Iberia man seeking a new court-appointed attorney
to defend him on federal charges of production of
child pornography.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/080305/sub_denies001.shtml
us: Ex-teacher sentenced in child porn case
A former New Bern middle school teacher who pleaded
guilty to federal interstate child pornography charges
was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday.
http://kinston.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=29500
us: Man charged in child rapes now faces federal child
porn count
A 32-year-old Orem man who police say sexually abused
several children and photographed the crimes with his
camera cell phone is now charged in federal court with
manufacturing child pornography based on those images.
http://harktheherald.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=61126
us: Prison term imposed for child porn on Net
A Batavia man who used the Internet to send "sadistic
and masochistic" child-pornography images to an
undercover FBI agent will spend nine years in prison,
the U.S. attorney's office said Monday.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050802/6013479.asp
us: Former Riverside officer sentenced to 30 years for
child porn ring
A former Riverside police officer learned his fate
today - 30 years in federal prison. That's for his
role in a child sex and pornography ring.
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3668579
us: Police allege child porn
A local man was arrested Monday on child pornography
charges after police raided his Longview Drive home
and seized seven computers and computer equipment.
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2005/08/02/city/city1.txt
us: Former teacher to be sentenced for child porn
charges today
A former elementary school teacher will be sentenced
on child pornography charges today.
http://www.kptv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3666288
us: Abita Springs man gets two years for child porn
An Abita Springs man who used his work computer to
download images of child pornography was sentenced to
two years in federal prison, federal authorities said
Friday.
http://www.slidellsentry.com/articles/2005/08/01/news/news08.txt
us: Knowles receives five-year prison sentence
A former New Bern middle school teacher who pleaded
guilty to federal interstate child pornography charges
was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday.
http://newbernsj.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=22841
us: Wills Point Coach Remains In Jail
A Wills Point Junior High coach and teacher, Charles
Desha Holmes, 49, remains in jail on sex charges after
an investigation that charges him with receiving and
distributing child pornography and possessing material
involving minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
http://www.vanzandtnews.com/publish/article_1970.shtml
us: Former Coach Held On Pornography Charges
Former Wills Point Junior High coach and teacher
Charles Desha Holmes, 49, remains in jail on sex
charges after an investigation by four different law
enforcement agencies charged him with receiving and
distributing child pornography and possessing material
involving minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
http://www.vanzandtnews.com/publish/article_1958.shtml
us: Ex-Clinton man serving jail time for kiddie porn
faces more charges
Facing prison terms in Connecticut and New Hampshire
for child pornography, former Clinton resident Joseph
Aurora?s next court appearance will take place in
Florida.
http://www.nhregister.com/site/index.cfm?BRD=1281&dept_id=517514&newsid=14961005
us: Austin case resumes Aug. 29
A lawyer appeared on behalf of Fraser Valley teacher
Percy Austin as he was scheduled to make his first
court appearance Thursday after being charged with
accessing child pornography earlier this month.
http://abbynews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=38&cat=23&id=467751&more=
us: Redondo man sentenced in child pornography case
The retired county firefighter's plea deal includes
nearly a year in jail and three years' probation.
Fifty-five charges are dropped.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/articles/1766547.html
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